Oct 22 Michel Cousins

Benghazi Islamists reach out to local tribe and moderate federalists

By Libya Herald staff. Benghazi/Tripoli, 22 October 2013:Ismail Salabi, one of the Benghazi’s main Islamist leaders and a commander of the Libya Shiel...

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Oct 9 Nigel Ash

Sick Bani Walid child dies when ambulance mercy mission blocked: report

By Ahmed EllumamiTripoli, 9 October 2013:A critically-ill four year old from Bani Walid appears to have died because Tarhouna militiamen refused to le...

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Aug 24 Michel Cousins

Six dead in Zawia-Warshefana clashes

By Houda Mzioudet and Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 24 August 2013:At least six people have been reported dead and dozens injured in clashes between for...

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Jun 27 Nigel Ash

Tripoli Local Council condemns Abu Selim attacks and pledges to secure the city

By Houda MzioudetTripoli, 27 June 2013.Tripoli Local Council issued a statement today condemning the events in Abu Selim in which two people died and...

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Tripoli hit by a second day of militia in-fighting
Jun 26 Nigel Ash

Tripoli hit by a second day of militia in-fighting

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab, Ahmed Elumami and Reem TomboktiTripoli, 26 June 2013:For the second day running, violence returned today to Tripoli  with confu...

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Apr 28 Michel Cousins

After Foreign Ministry, Interior Ministry and Wataniya TV station besieged

By Farah Waleed.Tripoli, 28 April 2013:Following the blockade of the Foreign Ministry earlier today, militiamen blockaded the Interior Ministry  and A...

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Pro-Isolation Law militiamen blockade Foreign Ministry; want new Foreign Minister, closure of Moscow embassy
Apr 28 Michel Cousins

Pro-Isolation Law militiamen blockade Foreign Ministry; want new Foreign Minister, closure of Moscow embassy

Tripoli, 28 April 2103:Militiamen from Misrtata, Suq Al-Juma and Tajoura surrounded the ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tripoli’s Shara Al-Shatt this m...

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Nov 11 George Grant

Armed clashes take place in Nafusa Mountains

Tripoli, 11 November:Armed clashes took place between fighters from the regions of Kabaw and Tiji in the Nafusa Mountains on Saturday, resulting in se...

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Bani Walid civilians flee; hospital staff awaiting evacuation
Oct 22 Michel Cousins

Bani Walid civilians flee; hospital staff awaiting evacuation

By Umar Khan.The aftermath of a suspected Grad rocket strike on a home inside Bani Walid on 8 October. (Photo: Mathieu Galtier) Tripoli, 22 October:...

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Ban Ki-Moon "alarmed" at Bani Walid fighting
Oct 22 Michel Cousins

Ban Ki-Moon "alarmed" at Bani Walid fighting

Tripoli,  22 October: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is alarmed by the fighting at Bani Walid and reports of growing civilian casualties....

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